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Analysis Paralysis
1. Identify at most 5 sentences which reflect the central idea of the passage 2. Identify Keywords 3. Describe the color coding 4. Identify cases of topic statement and elaboration 5. Provide Meta-listing of the passage Chief Justice V N … Continue reading
Divide and Conquer
Reading Skills generalized to information handling We have been screaming , shouting , showing , sharing the idea of Dividing all INFORMATION into the main idea/Topic Statement and secondary details/elaborations/examples etc.(You can access text analysis samples based on this idea … Continue reading
Word Count and Subject matter
Subject matter and topic statement will get reflected in high word count in the text. Just read the highlighted text and try and extrapolate what the passage is about.
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CAT RC 2
CAT 1997 passage 2 When talk turns to how India has done for itself in 50 years of Independence, the world has nothing but praise for our success in remaining a democracy. On other fronts, the applause is less loud. … Continue reading
Text analysis sample
What is the main idea of the Text ? I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be … Continue reading